Statehouse and Around Ohio
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State health officials preach prevention as Monkeypox, COVID-19 continue spread
Blood sample tube positive with Monkeypox virus. Getty Images. BY: NICK EVANS – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Department of Health officials emphasized calm and caution during an update Thursday. Cases of Monkeypox are on the rise nationally, and COVID-19 continues to spread as children prepare to return to school. Both present challenges, health officials explained, but the state…
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Experts: Dems’ drug measures are good for seniors. But there are downsides
BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal The sweeping Inflation Reduction Act passed by Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Sunday takes on an issue that Americans have been screaming about for years: the high cost of prescription drugs. But while it will bring immediate relief to millions of seniors, several experts have said it may dampen development…
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Judge scolds former GOP chairman, forbids him from intimidating whistleblower
Photo by Getty Images. BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN Ohio Capital Journal A federal judge lambasted a suspect in a criminal public corruption case for posting a FBI informant’s social security number and address on the internet. U.S. District Judge Timothy Black said he finds it “entirely incredible” that lobbyist and former GOP Chairman Matt Borges accidentally posted…
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Utility regulator accused of taking a bribe helped write bill targeting watchdog
FBI agents remove boxes of materials from PUCO Chairman Sam Randazzo’s condo in Columbus Nov. 17, 2020. Photo courtesy of Daniel Konik/Statehouse News Bureau. BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN Ohio Capital Journal Ohio’s former top utility regulator, who was accused of taking a $4.3 million bribe, quietly spent months helping write a sweeping energy bill that targeted a…
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Ohio State Legislature Primary Election TOMORROW, Aug. 2
Events, Latest Stories, Loveland & Local, News, Region and Beyond, Spotlight, Statehouse and Around OhioCommon Cause Ohio reminds Ohioans that this Tuesday, Aug. 2 is the second primary for the 2022 elections. Here are a few ways Ohioans can vote: For returning ballots: Voted ballots can be returned to your County Board of Elections up until 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. Ballots returned to local precinct polling places will…
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Climate change is already costing cities. It’s going to get much worse
Human-caused climate change is accelerating – and Ohio’s cities and towns are going to have to pay big money to cope with it, a new report says. Source: Wikimedia Commons BY: MARTY SCHLADEN – Ohio Capital Journal Ohio’s cash-strapped cities and towns are going to need to find billions more a year to keep pace as challenges from…
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Republicans in Congress shy away from campaigning on national abortion platform
BY: JENNIFER SHUTT – Ohio Capital Journal WASHINGTON — Republicans, hoping to flip control of Congress in the November elections, appear to have decided against campaigning on a unified abortion platform that would specify exactly what conservatives plan to do if given control of the U.S. House and Senate. Yet Republicans in Congress have written dozens of proposals…
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Ohio Capital Journal wins five Society of Professional Journalists awards
OCJ Reporter Susan Tebben, left, interviews an activist during a protest at the Statehouse. Photo by David DeWitt, OCJ. LOVELAND MAGAZINE NOTE: If I could, and I cannot think of a quick way tonight, I would tell readers how long we waited to have good journalists tell our readers what was going on at the…
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‘Look beyond our age:’ Three Democratic teenagers run for Ohio House
Sam Cao, 17, at left, seen with Sam Lawrence, 19, at right. The two teenaged Sams are running as Democrats for seats in the Ohio House. Source: Sam Lawrence. BY: JAKE ZUCKERMAN – Ohio Capital Journal Sam Cao worked out a plan with his principal and superintendent. They had to figure out how Cao could potentially balance…
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Ohio Supreme Court strikes down congressional maps for second time
Pictured is the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center where the Ohio Supreme Court meets. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.. BY: SUSAN TEBBEN – Ohio Capital Journal For the second time, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected a map for congressional districts in the state. The court ruled that the map violated the constitution by favoring one political party over another…
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